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Grey Widow / Sons Of Tonatiuh – Split CD/CS/DD 2015

25th September 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Black Bow Records, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Grey Widow, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Red Valley Records, Review, Sludge, Sons Of Tonatiuh, Split

Released on CD, download and now obligatory cool retro cassette format through UK based Red Valley Records, this six track

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Graveyard ‘Innocence & Decadence’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th September 20153rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2015, Alex Varley, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Graveyard, Heavy Rock, Innocence & Decadence, LP, Nuclear Blast Records, Retro Rock, Review

Starting from very humble beginnings, Sweden’s bluesy rock quartet Graveyard have grown significantly in stature over the past few years,

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Golden Void ‘Berkana’ CD/LP/DD 2015

12th September 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Berkana, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Golden Void, Heavy Rock, LP, Pete Green, Psych, Review, Thrill Jockey Records

Way way back in the deepest darkest depths of 2012, Oakland, California’s Golden Void released their Self-Titled debut album. It

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Greenhorn ‘Like Rows Of Crooked Teeth’ CD/DD 2015

20th August 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Greenhorn, Heavy, Hibernacula Records, Like Rows Of Crooked Teeth, Pete Green, Review, Sludge

Is there a better feeling of uplifting fulfilment and mystifying wonder in this life than showing up at a stuffy,

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Goatsnake ‘Black Age Blues’ CD/LP/DD 2015

8th July 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Black Age Blues, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Doom, Goatsnake, Heavy, LP, Pete Green, Review, Southern Lord

The gentle patter of rain on a tin roof, a harmonica chiming in the night, the imposing calm of a

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Gurt ‘DIYMCA’ CD/DD 2015

7th July 20153rd September 2019 Brian Burroughs 2015, Brian Burroughs, CD, Digital, DIYMCA, Doom, Gurt, Heavy, Review, Sludge, When Planets Collide

At once, there’s a bluntly obvious nod to Pantera. DIYMCA, by Gurt has all those well known elements that make

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Groan ‘Highrospliffics’ DD 2015

14th June 20153rd September 2019 Brian Burroughs 2015, Brian Burroughs, Classic Rock, Digital, Groan, Highrospliffics, Metal, Review, Self Released

Groan’s new stoned out release Highrospliffics harkens to a kind punkish, anthem-calling, but metal, pre-genre label mess. I say it’s

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Galley Beggar ‘Silence & Tears’ CD/LP/DD 2015

7th June 20153rd September 2019 Brian Burroughs 2015, Brian Burroughs, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Folk, Folk Rock, Galley Beggar, LP, Review, Rise Above Records, Silence & Tears

LOVE LOVE LOVE this fucking thing!  Galley Beggar’s new release, Silence & Tears is good, real good. Now, for you

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Ghold ‘Of Ruin’ CD/DD 2015

5th April 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Doom, Ghold, Heavy, Of Ruin, Prog Rock, Review, Ritual Productions

It’s the dawn of man, a group of Neanderthals are sat around their recent discovery of fire, brows furrowed, grunting

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Garden Of Worm ‘Idle Stones’ CD/LP/DD 2015

4th April 20153rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Garden Of Worm, Heavy Rock, Idle Stones, LP, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Svart Records

Doom metal, by its very nature and definition, moves slowly – that’s a given – but when you have a

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Golden Gorilla / Ghost Of Wem ‘Cruel Surprises’ LP/DD 2014

27th December 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Black Metal, Cruel Surprises, Digital, Doom, Ghost Of Wem, Golden Gorilla, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Meta Matter Records, Per Koro Records, Review, Sludge

This split EP from Per Koro and Meta Matter Records is a heavyweight collision of Sludge/Doom and Hardcore that looks

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